What properties of water make it useful as a solvent? What types of compound can it dissolve and hydrolyse?
What properties of water make it useful as a solvent? What types of compound can it dissolve and hydrolyse?
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Water is a universal solvent because of its polar nature and ability to form hydrogen bonds
a) It hydrolyses many ionic compounds and certain covalent compound by chemically reacting with them
b) It form hydrogen bonds with some covalent compounds and dissolve them
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